Howard Glacier
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Howard Glacier is a small alpine glacier
just west of Crescent Glacier
, flowing into Taylor Valley
on the north from the Kukri Hills
, in Victoria Land
. The glacier was studied in December 1957 by U.S. geologist T.L. Pewe, who named it for Arthur D. Howard, geomorphologist of Stanford University
, and glaciologist in Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
just west of Crescent Glacier
Crescent Glacier
Crescent Glacier is a small alpine glacier in Antarctica. It is located just east of Howard Glacier in the Kukri Hills, flowing north into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land. The glacier was studied by U.S. geologist Troy L. Pewe in December 1957, and was so named by him because of its crescent shape...
, flowing into Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...
on the north from the Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about long and over high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica....
, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. The glacier was studied in December 1957 by U.S. geologist T.L. Pewe, who named it for Arthur D. Howard, geomorphologist of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and glaciologist in Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.